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Sound souvenirs : audio technologies, memory and cultural practices /

"In recent decades, the importance of sound for remembering the past and for creating a sense of belonging has been increasingly acknowledged. We keep "sound souvenirs" such as cassette tapes and long play albums in our attics because we want to be able to recreate the music and every...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Bijsterveld, Karin, 1961- (Editor), Dijck, José van (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, ©2009.
Series:Transformations in art and culture.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Karin Bijsterveld & José van Dijck
  • Storing sound. Storing sound souvenirs : the multi-sited domestication of the tape recorder / Karin Bijsterveld and Annelies Jacobs ; Tape cassettes and former selves : how mix tapes mediate memories / Bas Jansen ; The preservation paradox in digital audio / Jonathan Sterne
  • Auditory nostalgia. Taking your favorite sound along : portable audio technologies for mobile music listening / Heike Weber ; The auditory nostalgia of iPod culture / Michael Bull ; Performance and nostalgia on the oldies circuit / Timothy D. Taylor ; Remembering songs through telling stories : pop music as a resource for memory / José van Dijck
  • Technostalgia. Tuning in nostalgic wavelengths : transistor memories set to music / Andreas Fickers ; Pulled out of thin air? the revival of the theremin / Hans-Joachim Braun ; Technostalgia : how old gear lives on in new music / Trevor Pinch and David Reinecke
  • Earwitnessing. Earwitnessing : sound memories of the Nazi period / Carolyn Birdsall ; All the names : soundscapes, recording technology, and the historical sensation / Ruth Benschop.